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Arthur Clarence Cook

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Portrait of Trooper Arthur Clarence Cook 16073. Image kindly provided by Carol Cook (April 2018). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Trooper Arthur Clarence Cook 16073. Image kindly provided by Carol Cook (April 2018). Im …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Clarence AWMM
  • Surname
    Cook AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Clarrie AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16073 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 December 1894 AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 May 2023 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Richard John and Henrietta Sophia Cook, of Poverty Bay Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/arthur-clarence-cook
  • Address before enlistment
    Makauri, Ormond, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 May 2023 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs A.C. Cook (wife), Ormond Valley, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    husband of Florence Cook, of Ormond Valley, Gisborne, Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/arthur-clarence-cook

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16073 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Blacksmith/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Arthur Cook was the son of Richard John and Henrietta Sophia Cook, of Poverty Bay, New Zealand; husband of Florence Cook, of Ormond Valley, Gisborne.

    Manuka then transhipped to "Malwa" at Sydney for Suez, Egypt AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    9 January 1917 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM F. 141. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Mr. and Mrs. R. Cook, of Makauri, have been advised that their son. Trooper A. C. Cook, has been killed in action. Trooper Cook was 22 years of age, and left as a farrier with the 15th Reinforcements in July last, and prior to enlisting was working for Mr. D. Beil, of Makaraka. Before leaving for the front Trooper Cook was married to Miss F. McKay, of Ormond Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 May 2023 - PERSONAL NOTES.
    GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XLVIII, ISSUE 4455, 24 JANUARY 1917, PAGE 4
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • Arthur Clarence left a son, Clarence Robert behind, whom I am the son of.
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
24 February 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
10 May 2018Carol Ruth Hastings Other relative

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